VIDEO: Heartbreak for family as details emerge in Weymouth triple murder

Relatives of Frederick Medina and Caylin and Paula Rudolph filled two rows of seats in a Quincy courtroom Monday as Paula’s son and Caylin’s brother Donald Rudolph was arraigned on three counts of murder.

The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, MA

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Posted Nov. 14, 2011 at 12:01 AM
Updated Nov 14, 2011 at 2:15 PM

Posted Nov. 14, 2011 at 12:01 AM
Updated Nov 14, 2011 at 2:15 PM

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Brittany Rudolph sat just feet away from her brother Donald in a Quincy courtroom Monday, quietly sobbing and rocking as the charges of three counts of murder were read against him.

The 18-year-old accused of using a hammer and knife to kill his mother, sister and his mother’s boyfriend in Weymouth on Thursday night gazed around the room, barely glancing at his only remaining sibling or the other family members crowded into two rows of seats in the packed courtroom.

There was a moan and gasps in the crowd as prosecutors described the grisly and bizarre scene police discovered when they found the bodies of Paula Rudolph, 50, Caylin Rudolph, 24, and Frederick Medina, 52, in their 10 Upland Road home.

“Mr. Medina was found lying down on his back on the floor,” Assistant District Attorney Craig Kowalski said. “His shirt was soaked with blood, and his throat was slit.”

Kowalski said several stuffed animals were strewn over Medina’s body, which police discovered in the living room of the home. A Beanie Baby had been shoved into his mouth and several knives lay by his side.

Police found Paula Rudolph’s body propped against the door of the family’s garage, her daughter lying nearby.

All three had apparently been bludgeoned, Kowalski said. Medina and Caylin Rudolph had also been stabbed “an extreme amount” of times, he said. On the kitchen table, police found a hammer and a bloody knife wrapped in a place mat.

Judge Diane Moriarty ordered Donald Rudolph held without bail at Bridgewater State Hospital, where he will undergo a psychiatric evaluation.

Police arrived at the home just after 8 p.m. Thursday after a neighbor reported a suspicious person there. Officers spotted Donald Rudolph tip-toeing through the basement, according to a police report. After they were able to coax him out, the officers noticed blood on his hands.

“I’m (expletive)ed, I’m (expletive)ed,” he told officers, according to a police report. “You’ll see when you go in there.”

Rudolph’s court-appointed attorney John Darrell said his client has a long history of serious mental illness that causes hallucinations. He said Rudolph is not currently on medication for the condition.

Rudolph does not remember anything about the alleged murders, did not know why he was in jail and is “very sad as to the deaths of his sister and his mother,” Darrell said.

When shown a picture of his mother’s home, Rudolph asked why there was yellow police tape around it, Darrell said.

Darrell did not object to Rudolph being ordered held without bail.

“This is a horrendous tragedy,” Darrell said.

After the hearing, Brittany Rudolph, who was at college the night of the murders, used an umbrella to shield herself from photographers.

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Several family members and neighbors of the Rudolphs lashed out at Donald Rudolph, who was known as DJ to nearly everyone except his mother.

“He just deserves to suffer like my brother did,” said Patricia Roy, Medina’s sister, as she tightly hugged her husband, Jeffrey, outside the courthouse.

Jeffrey Roy said Rudolph appeared “twisted” during the hearing.

Rachel McDermott, who used to live with her mother-in-law across the street from the Rudolphs, said neighbors had feared Donald Rudolph because of his odd and sometimes frightening behavior.

“He has the same deranged look on his face he always had,” McDermott said after the hearing. “He should have been institutionalized a long time ago.”

Last month, Rudolph pleaded guilty to two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon for shooting a woman with a BB gun in Quincy. He also pleaded guilty to charges of marijuana distribution and possession of burglary tools. He received a two-year suspended sentence and was put on probation until September 2013.

Despite the fear from neighbors and Donald Rudolph’s scrapes with the law, McDermott said Paula Rudolph never stopped loving her son.

“She loved Donald,” she said. “I know how crazy it sounds, but she loved her son.”